Acryptolechia malacobyrsa

Acryptolechia malacobyrsa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Japan, Korea, China (Fujian, Henan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan) and Taiwan.[2]

Acryptolechia malacobyrsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Acryptolechia
Species:
A. malacobyrsa
Binomial name
Acryptolechia malacobyrsa
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia malacobyrsa Meyrick, 1921
  • Meleonoma malacobyrsa (Meyrick, 1921)
  • Depressaria bicinctella Matsumura, 1931

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are deep yellow-ochreous, sprinkled rather dark purplish-fuscous and with some purplish-fuscous suffusion towards the dorsum anteriorly. There is an oblique oval purplish-fuscous spot representing the first discal stigma and a somewhat oblique slender purplish-fuscous fascia from beyond the middle of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a marginal series of small purplish-fuscous spots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey, paler towards the base.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia malacobyrsa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (September 17, 2019). "Meleonoma malacobyrsa (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (13): 394. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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